Fona (/ ˈ f oʊ t n ɑː / foht-NAH; lit. ' the origin ') is an extinct genus of thescelosaurine thescelosaurid ornithischian dinosaurs from the 'mid'-Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation (Mussentuchit Member) of Utah, United States.

Jul 9, 2024 · Fona was a small-bodied, plant-eating dinosaur about the size of a large dog with a simple body plan. It lacks the bells and whistles that characterize its highly ornamented relatives such as horned dinosaurs, armored dinosaurs, and crested dinosaurs.

Jul 24, 2024 · Fona herzogae was a small dinosaur about the size of a dog that lived underground, making it one of the few known burrowing dinosaurs from 99 million years ago. This dinosaur had strong legs...

Feb 7, 2025 · It turns out the age of dinosaurs didn’t take place exclusively above ground, and for Fona herzogae, that apparently was just fine. The newly discovered dinosaur lived about 99 million years ago in what is now Utah.

Jan 7, 2025 · In July 2024, paleontologists working in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah unearthed a discovery that was all too similar to that of Oryctodromeus: the fossilized remains of a small dinosaur,...

Jul 10, 2024 · Amid a large floodplain ecosystem with a backdrop of an inland ocean on one side, and volcanoes and mountains on the other, Fona was a plant-eating, small-bodied dinosaur that was quite distinct from its more decorated relatives.

Jul 19, 2024 · Found in Utah by North Carolina State University researchers and paleontologists, the Fona herzogae was a small-framed, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in the Cenomanian age — about 100-66...

Jul 10, 2024 · The previously unknown species, Fona herzogae, was a small-bodied, plant-eating dinosaur that would have been roughly similar in size to a large dog—around 3 feet tall and more than 6 feet in...

Jul 9, 2024 · Thescelosaurines were a group of small to medium-sized, plant-eating dinosaurs that inhabited North America during the Late Cretaceous epoch. The newly-discovered thescelosaurine species Fona herzogae shows evidence that these dinosaurs spent at least part of their time in underground burrows.

Feb 16, 2025 · Fona herzogae, a recently discovered dinosaur from Utah, likely lived partially underground, evidenced by its anatomical adaptations and frequent fossil preservation in burrows, reshaping our understanding of Cretaceous life.